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Tue, 27 Sep 2005 08:38:12 +0200Tue, 27 Sep 2005 08:38:12 +0200Incident-energy dependence of the effective temperature in heavy-ion collisionshttp://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/3850
We study the behaviour of the effective temperature for K+ in several energy domains. For this purpose, we apply the recently developed SPheRIO code for hydrodynamics in 3+1 dimensions, using both Landau-type compact initial conditions and spatially more spread ones. We show that initial conditions given in small volume, like Landau-type ones, are unable to reproduce the effective temperature together with other data (multiplicities and rapidity distributions). These quantities can be reproduced altogether only when using a large initial volume with an appropriate velocity distribution.Marek Gazdzicki; Mark I. Gorenstein; Frederique Grassi; Yogiro Hama; Takeshi Kodama; Otavio Jr. Socolowskipreprinthttp://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/3850Tue, 27 Sep 2005 08:38:12 +0200Energy dependence of transverse mass spectra of kaons produced in p+p and p+pbar interactions : a compilationhttp://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/3853
The data on mT spectra of K0S K+ and K- mesons produced in all inelastic p + p and p + pbar interactions in the energy range sqrt(s)NN=4.7-1800GeV are compiled and analyzed. The spectra are parameterized by a single exponential function, dN/(m_T*dm_T)=C exp(-m_T/T), and the inverse slope parameter T is the main object of study. The T parameter is found to be similar for K0S, K+ and K- mesons. It increases monotonically with collision energy from T~30MeV at sqrt(s)NN=4.7GeV to T~220MeV at sqrt(s)NN=1800GeV. The T parameter measured in p+p and p+pbar interactions is significantly lower than the corresponding parameter obtained for central Pb+Pb collisions at all studied energies. Also the shape of the energy dependence of T is different for central Pb+Pb collisions and p+p(pbar) interactions.Michael Kliemant; Benjamin Lungwitz; Marek Gazdzickipreprinthttp://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/3853Tue, 27 Sep 2005 08:34:15 +0200Energy scan program at the Cern SPS and an observation of the deconfinement phase transition in nucleus-nucleus collisionshttp://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/3856
The history and the main results of the energy scan program at the CERN SPS are reviewed. Several anomalies in energy dependence of hadron production predicted as signals of deconfinement phase transition are observed and they indicate that the onset of deconfinement is located at about 30 A GeV. For the first time we seem to have clear evidence for the existence of a deconfined state of matter in nature.Marek Gazdzickipreprinthttp://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/3856Tue, 27 Sep 2005 08:32:52 +0200Transverse activity of kaons and the deconfinement phase transition in nucleus-nucleus collisionshttp://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/3858
We found that the experimental results on transverse mass spectra of kaons produced in central Pb+Pb (Au+Au) interactions show an anomalous dependence on the collision energy. The inverse slopes of the spectra increase with energy in the low (AGS) and high (RHIC) energy domains, whereas they are constant in the intermediate (SPS) energy range. We argue that this anomaly is probably caused by a modification of the equation of state in the transition region between confined and deconfined matter. This observation may be considered as a new signal, in addition to the previously reported anomalies in the pion and strangeness production, of the onset of deconfinement located in the low SPS energy domain.Mark I. Gorenstein; Marek Gazdzicki; Kyrill A. Bugaevpreprinthttp://publikationen.stub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/3858Tue, 27 Sep 2005 08:30:13 +0200